Scintillating device for advertising purposes.



No. 770,931. PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904. P. SBARY & J. LENDERYOU. SGINTILLATING DEVICE FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. L 1904,.

N0 MODEL.

/N VENT 0P6 W/77VE256 E6 finLenaZeJyau SPEGIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent YYtgQ-E-l, dated September 27, EGG- i.

Application filed March l, 1895. Serial il s. 1%,514.

To (ZZZ whens it may concern/. Be it known that we, FRANK SEAR)? and OHN LENDERYOU, both of River View, Somerset Road, Newport, Monmouthshire, England, have invented a certain new and useful Scintillating Device for Advertising Purposes; and we do hereby declare the following to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for arresting the attention of passers-hy to any ohject on which it is mounted, such as a design or inscription.

The chi purpose of the invention is for advertising p urposes; but it may be employed to produc. attractive and ornamental ell-cc under a variety of circumstances.

It consists in mounting at suitably-selected points of the surface which carries the design or inscription a number of small reflecting" surfaces or light-transmitting heads formed with 'i'efracting-surfaces. These surfaces or beads areso mounted that under any agitattwist into positions such as to radiate any light reflected from them or transmitted through them in variable directions. W? hen situated is exposed positions, these derive the movement requisite to produce the scintillating or twinkling etlect by the: play of the wind on them. other cases the placard on which the surfaces or beads are mounted is itself mounted as to be adapted to he maintain-cal in a state of tremble or irregular vibration with little effort by any suitable means.

The accompanying drawings show, a form of construction for effecting toe purpose or this invention.

. Figure 1 is a front view of a placard hearing an inscription on the letters of which are mounted number of the scintillating devices before mentioned. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. l i s. 3, s, and 5 represent, on a larger scale, three views of a form of construction and method of suspension of one of many such scintillating reflectors. Fig. 6

mg influence the}; are adapted to dangle and (Flo model.)

shows a View of a facet-cutv transparent refleeting-bead. such as is used when the source 5 of light behind the screen or placard.

. in the views, ais a placard r screen which carries the inscription. Under msnycircum stances this placard is so mounted that it can easily have a trembling motion of small arnplitude imparted to it by some convenient @ne suitable Way of mounting the placard for this purpose is by means of a pair otlinfks i) l), nermitting it to be vibrated by any suitable means in its plane or at right aning knife-edged and having a considerable 7 amount of clearance to enable it to twist and dangle relatively to the stud. The pieces f have highlypolished reflecting-surfaces, which are bent into several planesto reflect any ncident light in many directions. venient and etlective shape for the pieces f is that of a triangle, as shown, of which the cormore are bent forward from the central plane. The placard and studs being" agitated, the re liecting' pieces fwill'dangle and twist in an 80 irregular promiscuous manner and, with a brilliant incident light, such as that of the sun or electric light, there will be an attractive reflected scintillating effect. if the wind is allowed to play on the pieces f or an irregu-Q 5' 121' stream of air is blown obliquely onto'them b a fan, the impact of the air on the bent-up corners will maintain them In agltation and produce an equivalent eilect Without requ1ring the placard itself to be vibrated. A some- 9 what similar result may be obtained by transmitted light instead of reflected light by adapting transparent material in place of thc pieces f, as shown by the head 9 in Fig. 6. If the surfaces of the beads are formed with a num- 95 her of facets, the light transmitted will be rerounded at the back, as shown A con fracted in various directions. The beads g i are suspendedin the front of apertures formed feet, consisting of a supporting-surface and a stantially as described.

number of light-radiating surfaces suitably situated thereon and each of which is independently mounted thereon above the plane thereof and in a manner whereby it is adapted to dangle and twist under the action of any agitating efiort, substantially as described.

2. -Adevice of the class described, consisting of a supporting-surface, a number of lightradiating surfaces having an orifice having knife-edges, and a stud mounted in the supporting-surface and passing through the orifice so as to permit the radiating-surfaces to have a twisting or dangling movement, sub- 3. in a device of the class described, the combination of a supporting-surface, studs there'- in, and a number of polished thin surfaces having a number of planes supported onsaid I studs so as to have a twisting or dangling movement thereon, substantially as described.

at. A device of the class described, consisting of a number of polished thin surfaces having .a number oi planes placed at different angles,

each of said surfaces being independently mounted so as to be adapted to dangle and twist under the action of any agitating efiorts, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the come I independently and movably supported, sub 1 stantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. Y i

FRAN K SEARYL JOHN LENDERYOH Witnesses:

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